How well do you know movies, TV, and popular culture? Can you identify the person who is blacked out in this photo? We are conducting a study to find recognisable photographs and scenes, which takes 20-30 minutes to complete! Click here to participate: unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5u…

A pause to the roll out of facial recognition technology around Adelaide until guidelines for use can be developed. Seems sensible.

Much needed work by Dawel et al in BRM surveying the use of face stimuli in research. Great to have some numbers for when we next complain about the overuse of neutral, artificial, static images of faces in person perception research. researchgate.net/profile/Amy-Da…

In this #JournalClub, Dan Carragher of Uni of Adelaide describes a 2014 paper by Walker & Vul on first impressions from facial appearance. go.nature.com/3KPGNvy

New from me in the Nature Reviews Psychology Journal Club - My thoughts about why the original "cheerleader effect" paper is important to the field of social perception. Check it out here: rdcu.be/cMD2W

Fantastic to have ⁦Dan Carragher⁩ talk at our ⁦CAIN⁩ meeting about the effects of mask wearing on facial recognition 😷 v ☺️ And welcome 🤗 to our new PhD student, Connor from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, who will be working on a VR therapy project. ⁦Behaviour-Brain-Body⁩

Excited to see our latest paper added to the APA Journals Research Showcase - growkudos.com/publications/1…

Do we perceived artificial faces as more real than real faces ? Yes! Does it matter ? Yes, because it may increase our trust towards fake agents but eventually may erode social trust. Our latest with Raffaele Tucciarelli Neza Vehar Shamil Chandaria in iScience journal sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A Black man was imprisoned for 18 years because of a photo that the authorities knew wasn’t him, a new report from the Brooklyn district attorney’s office says. The man, Sheldon Thomas, is set to appear in court on Thursday afternoon. nyti.ms/3ZTsLAJ

Every face this 58-year-old man sees appears distorted with deep grooves, due to a rare neurological disorder. trib.al/rjIzTxl

I'm back after quite the break from social media. But it looks like a few folks might have left here. Not shutting this one down just yet, but I'll try posting on a new platform for a while. Where the skies are blue. danieljcarragher